Wholesale / Distribution Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Report 2012 Wholesale / Distribution Benchmarking Report | Page 7

2012 2 ? 16.7% of compan % nies have made changes to their co mmission st tructure, effe ective in 2011; and 26.7% have made chang to their bonus struct 2 ges b ture over the past year. e ? The range of ann r nual employe salary inc ee creases rem mained rough the same from 2011 t hly e to 2012 (anticipated Last year range of annual incre d). r’s a ease was 2.5 59% to 4.43% while it’s %.; s antici ipated that raises this ye will range from 2.46% to 4.40%. 4 companies gave no ear e % increases in 2011 and 2 com 1, mpanies anticipate giving no increas in 2012. g ses ? Of the participatin companie 100% off health ins e ng es, fer surance,100 offer group life 0% insurance, 93% offer 401(k), 70% offer disability insu o d urance, 80% offer denta plans, and 50% % al offer cafeteria pla / Section 125 plans to their emp ans n ployees. ? Addit tional benefits for employees include the numbe of weeks o vacation t e er of they receive based on years of service to the compan o ny: <1 Year 2-5 Years 6-9 Years 10-14 4 Years s 9 15-19 Year rs Officers 2.3 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.9 Outside Sale es 1.5 2.2 2.7 3.2 3.4 Sala aried Prof fessionals 1.4 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.7 Hou urly 1.1 2.2 2.7 3.3 3.5 ? The average num a mber of paid holidays companies ext tend to emp ployees is 7.5 days annu 5 ually. ? 80% of the comp panies offer mileage reim m mbursement to their emp ployees at an average ra of n ate $0.50 per mile. 40% of the co 0 ompanies of a car allo ffer owance, ave eraging $636 / month. In 6 n addition, 33% of the companies offer com mpany cars / leased veh hicles to their employees s ? Gross premiums for health in s nsurance hav escalated over the pa few year Of our ve d ast rs. respo ondents with more than 50 employee 50% exp h es, perienced ch hanges in 20 and 55% 011 % experienced chan nges in 2012 Of the res 2. spondents w less than 50 employees, 40% with n experienced chan nges in 2011 and 30% in 2012. 1, o., SI © Barnes Dennig & Co Ltd. and US Insurance p page 4